Ash pan hanger for locomotives



IK. RUSHTON.. ASH PAN HANGER FOR LOCOIVIOTIVES.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.28. 1920.

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KENNETH RUSHION, PIIILADELPHIA IENNSYL"l'tNIit,` .ASSIGNOR TO THEBALDWIN LOCOIVIOTIVE WORKS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A`

CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

ASH PAN HANGER FOR LOCOll/LOTIVES.

Application filed December 28, 1920. Serial No. 433,577.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it knownrthat I, KENNETH Rusirron,

a citizen oi the United Statesn residingl in Philadelphia7 Pennsylvania,have invented cert-ain Improvements in Ash Pan Hangers for Locomotives,oit which the following a specification.

`@ne object of my invention is to provide a means for securing theashpan oit a locomotive to the mud. ringl oi the boiler so that thejoint will accommodate itself tothe shape oi* the pan, and a furtherobject of the invention is to provide mea-ns wherebyT the pan can bereadily detached from the boiler' structure. i i

ln the accompanyingdrawings Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional viewthrough the rear end ot a locomotive showi ing the tire box and theashpan` and my improved means ot connecting` the ashpan to the boilerstructure.

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional View on the line 2 2, Fig. 1.

Figs. 3 and e are perspective views illustiating` details of theinvention.

1 is the trarne of the loco-motive 2 is the boiler, in thek rear end ofwhich the lire box 3. The tire box casing` is separated from the casingoit the boiler by a niud ring 4f. rlhis mud ring` extends entirelyround. the bottoni of the lire box,V and. Within this fire box is agrate of usual con` struction which is not shown in the presentinstance.

6 is the ashpan which is located directl under the tire box so as toreceive and hold the ashes passing through the grate. ashpan may be o'fany shape desired, depending upon the type of locomotive to which it .isapplied. In the present instance the rear axle `7 on which the wheels Sare mounted passes through a recess 9 formed inthe underside off-theashpan. The pan `i has `incline-d sides which direct the ashes towardsopenings 10 which 'are normally closed bysliding doors 11. In thepresent instance the doors are actuated by a leve 12 pivoted at 13 tothe frame of the locomotive and connected to the sliding doors by a link111 and the two sliding doors are connected together by a bar 15. Theanges 5 of the ashpan 6 are at an angle to the body of the pan, and thisangle 'tai-ies slightly in each locomotive, and in ordei'vto accommodatethis angles() that there will be no ditlicultyin coupling,` the ashpanto the mud ring; of the boiler strucure l secure a series ot ai'igleplates 1G to the flanges 5 of thevashpan, and these angle plates arearranged in pairs with the uprinit por tions facingx each other andspaced apart sufficiently nto allow the tongue 17 oi a bracket i8 toextend into the space between the two angle plates as shown in Fig. 1.The brackets i8 are secured by bolts or other tast-chinos to the mudring Ll oil? the boiler structure, and a bolt 19 extends throughopenings in the angle plates and in the tongue 17 securing' the partstogether and :firmly holding; the ashpan to the boiler structure. Eymaking this connection in the iorin oit a hinge the couplings will accommodate themselves to the angles of the ashpan Mange, and when it isdesired to reinove the ashpan all that is necessary to be done is towithdraw the bolts 19. As shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 3 the tongue17 ot the bracket 18 may be made of considerable length and cut ott whenthe parts are to be assembled7 as in some instances the space betweenthe boiler structure and the ashpan may vary in diiilercnt locomotives.

l. claim:

il. The combination in a locomotive. oi' a boiler structure "having alire box; an ash pan located under thelire box; a series ol `bracketsdepending Vfrom each side o t the lire box; plates secured to each sideot the ash pan; and fastening' devices arranged longitudinally oit thepan and extending; through the brackets and plates.

2. The combination in a locomotive, ot' a, boiler struct-ure having alire box; an ash pan under the lire box, said ash pan having' an angularflange at each side; angle plates secured. 'to the upper surfaces of theflanges; bracketssecured to the boiler structure at each side oi? thelire box, said brackets ha ing; tongues extending between the angleplates of the ash pan;v and bolts arranged longitudinally oi the pan andcoupling the plates 'to the brackets.

` KENNETH RUSHTON.

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